Town Talk

Braswell Run Couch 2 5K.  Hadley Christi, Gwen Braswell-Nash and Kim Whitehouse.  Get ready for the Braswell 5K Run/Walk Against Teen Violence on September 21st.   Training every Tuesday and Thursday at Pratt Park 6-7pm.

The Ceili Leahy Day of Service.  The fall version is October 5th. It's for James Monroe High School students.  It's about volunteering and connecting teens with non-profits in the region.   Katie Hornung, Corbin Poyer, Leslie and John Leahy. To dona

Cooking Autism has grown from Conway Elementary in Stafford County to now helping 54 special education classrooms in the region.   We get an update and find out ways the community can help.   L-R- April Burch, Kari George, Andrea Wright.   cookingau

Allen and Allen Fredericksburg Hometown Hero Rick Ecker with the Vets on Track Foundation.  Fredericksburg area based Vets on Track helps furnish the homes of veterans and first responders from Baltimore to Virginia Beach.    Riley Eckert, Allen and Al

Preview: The Spirit of 45. The Fredericksburg Area Museum and the Rappahannock Area Chapter of the American Red Cross teaming up for the Spirit of 45 Day on August 10 at the Museum at Market Square.  Activities include a WWII-themed blood drive.  Theres

Stuff the Bus preview.  Collecting school supplies for Spotsylvania students in need.  It's this Saturday 9-5 at the Southpoint Walmart.   Chancellor District School Board member Dawn Shelley, School Social Worker Michelle Patton-Swisher, Nina Parris

Virginia Energy Sense is the Commonwealth’s energy education program.  Managed by Virginia’s State Corporation Commission, its mission is to help all Virginians understand their energy use and how to save energy easily and cost effectively.  We talk

Ed Grimes with All Creatures Animal Education and Karen Brace with Awesome Possumz talk about loving less-loved creatures.  allcreaturesed@gmail.com   awesomepossumz.com

Happy 50th birthday Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Friends of the Library bookshop and ideaspace grant for the Maker District in Fredericksburg.   Rebecca Purdy and Martha Hutzel.   librarypoint.org

The Fredericksburg Area Museum is hosting a year-long program series titled Hen Asem, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, VA, in 1619.   We talk about the program with Theresa Cramer,

South Pacific at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Stafford thru September 15th.  Patrick A'Hearn and Penny Ayn Maas preview it and talk about the brilliance of the musical.

Fail Safe-ERA is ten years old.  The organization works with returning citizens after time in jail or prison. We talk about job training, helping children with incarcerated parents and the upcoming gala.  failsafe-era.org

Discover Your Future is a career readiness event Oct. 9-10 at the Expo Center for area 8th graders and juniors and seniors. It's all about learning what area businesses have to offer, mock interviews and a Community Job Fair.   Info @ fredericksburgcha

Kentrale Washington, organizer of Peace in the Paint.   It's a day of basketball and life help and encouragement at Mayfield in Fredericksburg on July 27th.   Info on ways to help:  202-465-2356 or mrwashevo@gmail.com

The work locally of the Thurman Brisben Center. Opportunities to get involved as a volunteer or donor.   Joe Hargrove and David Cooper.   brisbencenter.org